Ex-detainees allege Bagram abuse by Ian Pannell, BBC News, June 24, 2009 Allegations of abuse and neglect at a US detention facility in Afghanistan have been uncovered by the BBC. A number of former detainees have alleged they were beaten,…
Colonizing Culture in Iraq
by Dahr Jamail, May 27, 2009 The geo-strategic expansion of the American empire is an accepted fact of contemporary history. I have been writing in these columns about the impact of the US occupation on the people of Iraq in…
Winnipeg Walk for Peace 2009
Winnipeg’s 28th consecutive annual Walk for Peace took place under a warm sun and clear blue skies on Saturday, June 13.While the turn-out of 100 people was small, it was broadly representative of Winnipeg’s diverse communities, with participants of all…
Agent Orange Continues to Poison Vietnam
By MARJORIE COHN, Counterpunch, June 15, 2009 From 1961 to 1971, the U.S. military sprayed Vietnam with Agent Orange, which contained large quantities of Dioxin, in order to defoliate the trees for military objectives. Dioxin is one of the most…
Obama’s Afghan War: The New Metric of Civilian Casualties
By Eneko in Diagonal Periódico by Professor Marc W. Herold, Global Research, June 12, 2009 During 2009, seven out of ten civilians killed by the Obama and NATO military machines have been women and children. Clearly, the Obama regime has…
Afghanistan to ‘try criminal foreign troops’
by Press TV, June 6, 2009 Afghanistan’s Wolesi Jirga, the lower house of parliament, has accused foreign troops based in the country of war crimes, urging a trial for the criminals. Wolesi Jirga secretary Abdul Sattar Khawaasi told reporters that…